GREEN FU24BA7L Talk
As we all know, the grass is always greener on the other side of the fence. In times of heat waves or heavy rainfall, however, many sports pitches are no longer green at all, but are increasingly affected by drying out or flooding. What to do? Which grass is greener? Natural grass or artificial turf? And while we're at it, don't the jerseys come from Vietnam and the balls from Cambodia? Is that fair? Or just cheap?
The topic of sustainability in all its facets has long since arrived in sport and, of course, at Football . How can small to medium-sized sports clubs, often resource-poor and run on a voluntary basis, set out to meet the major challenges such as climate protection, the circular economy and CO2 reduction? While professional sport is already pursuing major, often symbolic sustainability strategies and this is also being demanded by the associations, many sports clubs are still at the very beginning, without knowing exactly how and where they should actually start to address this seemingly overpowering issue.
However, sport can learn from culture. Culture and sport are once again very similar when it comes to the prerequisites. Cultural venues can also tell you a thing or two about poorly resourced structures and a lack of know-how. But culture has set out on its own path, created funding, networks and further training and worked its way to the top of federal politics in order to promote "green culture" from there.
Yet sport is already sustainable, sometimes without being aware of its own effectiveness. For example, initiatives for more inclusion, better education, equal opportunities, gender equality and diversity are currently flourishing in sport.
We want to talk to experts from the fields of culture, sport and science about the current state of affairs. How can the grass become greener for everyone?
We are looking forward to an exciting discussion with Jacob Bilabel (Aktionsnetzwerk NachhaltigkeitGreen Culture Contact Point), Annika Rittmann (Spokesperson Fridays for Future Hamburg), Moritz Swars(KLUBKOMM e.V., Zukunft Feiern), Dr. Carolin Baedeker (Deputy Head of Department and Co-Head of the Innovation Labs Research Unit at the Wuppertal Institute) and Lea Wippermann (2nd Chairwoman and Project Manager Sustainability at Vorwärts Spoho).
We are also looking forward to Tamara Güclü 's moderation.
Photo: Wuppertal Institute / Laura Schenk
